Monk seal acoustic study quadruples known call types and detects novel communication strategy

Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) has drastically increased the understanding of Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus ...
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Monk Seals May Be Stringing Sounds Together Like Sentences

Despite their tranquil appearance, Hawaiian monk seals have plenty to say underwater. A new study published in Royal Society ...
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Scientists sound alarm after observing worrisome behavior shift in world's most isolated whale species: 'No area of the world's oceans is untouched'

"The situation with [them] can serve as a cautionary tale." Scientists sound alarm after observing worrisome behavior shift ...
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Avian reproduction : from behavior to molecules / Tomohiro Sasanami, editor

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso. BIRDS copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Nada Kramar Endowment Income Fund. Contents Avian primordial ...
News Medical

Same-sex sexual behavior may be a common feature of primate reproduction, study suggests

Observations of a wild colony of macaques over three years show same-sex sexual behavior among males is widespread and may be beneficial. The results, published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, ...
New York Post

Nurse sharks are able to ‘walk’ on the ocean floor: study

A new study found some-fin awesome — “walking” sharks. The study, published in early November in the Environmental Biology of Fishes journal, has revealed that nurse sharks cans seemingly “walk,” and ...
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Weather cues associated with masting behavior dampen the negative autocorrelation between past and current reproduction in oaks

Xoaquín Moreira, Luis Abdala-Roberts, Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos, Johannes M. H. Knops, Mario B. Pesendorfer, Walter D. Koenig and Kailen A. Mooney PREMISE OF THE STUDY:The influence of weather conditions ...
Psychology Today

Are There Better Alternatives to Spaying and Neutering Dogs?

In North America, between 70 and 80 percent of dogs are spayed or neutered. This is done to prevent the overpopulation problem that has forced many shelters to euthanize countless dogs. It is also ...
Forbes

Explaining Behavior Through A Neuroscientific Biological Perspective

How does a neuroscientific biological perspective explain behavior? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand ...